United Steelworkers v. Warrior & Gulf Navigation Co.
- Decided
- June 20, 1960
- Docket
- 443
- Status
- Published
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
Cited 5,791 timesNo negative treatment found in this library
What later courts said
- holding that all questions on which parties disagree come within the scope of arbitration unless specifically excluded, instructing that “[djoubts should be resolved in favor of coverage” — International Union of Painter & Allied Trades, District 15 Local 890L v. J & R Flooring, Inc. (2011)
- holding that “the industrial common law — the practices of the industry and the shop — is equally a part of the collective bargaining agreement, although not expressed in it” — Haggins v. VERIZON NEW ENGLAND, INC. (2011)
- holding that all questions on which parties disagree come within the scope of arbitration unless specifically excluded, instructing that "[d]oubts should be resolved in favor of coverage" — Intern. Union of Painter v. J & R Flooring, Inc. (2011)
Each line is a later court’s own words about this case, not a summary. Read the opinion before relying on it.
How the opinion begins
Opinion of the Court by Mr. Justice Douglas, announced by Mr. Justice Brennan.
Respondent transports steel and steel products by barge and maintains a terminal at Chickasaw, Alabama, where it performs maintenance and repair work on its barges. The employees at that terminal constitute a bargaining unit covered by a collective bargaining agreement negotiated by petitioner union. Respondent between 1956 and 1958 laid off some employees, reducing the bargaining unit from 42 to 23 men. This reduction was due in part to respondent contracting maintenance work, previously done by its employees, to other companies. The latter used respondent’s supervisors to lay out the work and hired some of the laid-off employees of respondent (at reduced wages). Some were in fact assigned to work on respondent’s barges. A number of employees signed a grievance which petitioner presented to respondent, the grievance reading:
“We are hereby protesting the Company’s actions, of arbitrarily and unreasonably contracting out work to other concerns, that could and previously has been performed by Company employees.
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United Steelworkers v. Warrior & Gulf Navigation Co., 363 U.S. 574 (1960)Read the full opinion
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